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Earth Sci. Res. J. Vol. 19, No. 1 (June, 2015): 15 - 30
PETROLOGY
Ti-clinohumite in the Ciénaga skarn-type mineralogy, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Massif (Colombia):
Occurrence and petrologic significance
Carlos Alberto Ríos R.¹*, Oscar Mauricio Castellanos A.², Carlos Alberto Chacón Avila³
¹*Grupo de Investigación en Geología Básica y Aplicada (GIGBA), Escuela de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, e-mail: [email protected]
²Grupo de Investigación en Geofísica y Geología (PANGEA), Programa de Geología, Universidad de Pamplona, Colombia
³Grupo de Investigación en Óptica y Procesamiento de Señales (GOTS), Escuela de Física, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
ABSTRACT
This study reports the occurrence and petrologic significance of Ti-clinohumite for the first time in the Ciénaga
skarn, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Massif. Ti-Clinohumite occurs as thin bands hosted in the Ciénaga
Marbles of lower Cretaceous age, which consist of quartz-wollastonite-diopside-garnet-clinohumite marbles.
We focus the attention on the occurrence of Ti-clinohumite-bearing domains, highlighting some interesting
textures as well as the mineralogy and chemistry of the Ti-clinohumite. On the basis of its geologic situation,
petrography, mineral composition and metamorphic history, we discuss the origin of Ti-clinohumite.
Key Words: Ti-clinohumite; marbles; Ciénaga
skarn; mineralogy; Sierra Nevada de Santa
Marta Massif.
RESUMEN
El estudio reporta la presencia y el significado petrológico de Ti-clinohumita por primera vez en mármoles
del depósito de skarn de Ciénaga, Macizo Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, de edad Cretácico inferior. La
Ti-clinohumita ocurre como bandas delgadas en mármoles de cuarzo-wollastonita-diópsido-granateclinohumita. Centramos la atención en la ocurrencia de los dominios con Ti-clinohumita, destacando
algunas de sus texturas interesantes, así como la mineralogía y la química de la Ti-clinohumita. Con base al
contexto geológico, a las características petrográficas, a la composición mineral y a la historia metamórfica,
se discute el origen de la Ti-clinohumita.
Palabras clave: Ti-clinohumita; mármoles;
skarn de Ciénaga; mineralogía; Macizo
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Record
Manuscript received: 11/07/2013
Acepted for publication:26/10/2014
ISSN 1794-6190 e-ISSN 2339-3459
http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/esrj.v19n1.42020
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INTRODUCTION
Geological setting
The humite-group minerals have a limited paragenesis and occurs in
marbles and skarns generated by contact metamorphism. However, they may
also form in rocks affected by metasomatic processes linked to the regional
metamorphism or hydrothermal alteration. Clinohumite is an uncommon
member of the humite group, a magnesium silicate with the chemical
formula (Mg,Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2, which is essentially a hydrated olivine.
It is a mineral found as small grains in marbles of contact metamorphic
environments. It is sporadically mined gem-quality in the Pamir Mountains
of Tajikistan, and the Taymyr region of northern Siberia. Other (non-gem
quality) occurrences of clinohumite include several localities around the world,
such as Buell Park and San Juan County (USA), Ambasamudram (Southern
India), Jacupiranga Complex (Brazil), Isua supracrustal belt (West Greenland),
Malenco (Italy), Almirez Massif (Spain), northeastern Jiangsu, Su-Lu, Dabie
Mountains (China), Western Liguria (Italy), Kokchetav Massif (Kazakhstan).
Ti-poor and F-rich clinohumite have been reported in metamorphic and
metasomatic carbonate-rocks adjacent to acid plutonic intrusions (Fujino and
Takeuchi, 1978; Satish-Kumar and Niim, 1998). Contrary to this, Ti-rich and
F-poor clinohumite has been reported most frequently in ultramafic rocks. It
was described from ultramafic xenoliths in carbonatites (Gaspar, 1992) and
kimberlites (McGetehin et al., 1970; Aoki et al., 1976), found to be associated
with antigorite in serpentinites (Trommsdorff and Evans, 1980; SánchezVizcaíno et al., 2005) and also occurs in metadunite (Dymek et al., 1988), in
several garnet peridotites from ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic terranes
(Yang et al., 1993; Okay, 1994; Zhang et al., 1995; Yang, 2003), in metagabbros
(Scambelluri and Rampone, 1999) and in a garnet-rich rock from the Kokchetav
UHP metamorphic terrane of northern Kazakhstan (Muko et al., 2001). In this
study, we report and discuss data concerning this unusual humite-group mineral
at the Ciénaga skarn, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) massif, with the
aim of characterize its occurrence and determine its petrologic significance.
The SNSM massif constitutes an isolated triangular-shaped range in the
northern Caribbean region of Colombia and represents an uplifted area located
along the southern Caribbean plate boundary (Figure 1), a margin owing its
character to the oblique convergence and right-lateral shearing between the
Caribbean plate and northwestern South America (Moreno-Sánchez and PardoTrujillo, 2003). Its tectonic limits are the right-lateral Oca fault, the left-lateral
Santa Marta-Bucaramanga fault, the Cerrejón thrust, and the Romeral suture.
This massif is mainly composed of crystalline rocks and can be divided into
three different belts (geotectonic provinces) with a well-defined outboard
youngling pattern from east to west: Sierra Nevada, Sevilla and Santa Marta.
The southeastern and oldest belt (Sierra Nevada Province) includes ca. 1.01.2 Ga high grade metamorphic rocks represented by granulites, gneisses and
amphibolites related to the Grenvillian orogenic event (Restrepo-Pace et al.,
1997; Ordoñez et al., 2002, Cordani et al. 2005). Jurassic plutons and volcanites
intrude and cover these metamorphic rocks and minor Carboniferous and Late
Mesozoic sedimentary sequences rest in unconformity towards the southeast
flank (Rabe, 1977). The intermediate belt (Seville province) represents a
polymetamorphic complex that includes gneisses and schists of Paleozoic age
with Permian mylonitic granitoids (Tschanz et al., 1969; Cardona et al., 2006;
Cardona et al., 2010). The northwestern and youngest belt (Santa Marta
province) comprises two metamorphic belts; an inner belt composed of
imbricated metamorphic rocks (greenschists and amphibolites) of Cretaceous
age and an outer belt formed of Mesozoic amphibolites, greenschists and
phyllites separated from the lower to middle Cenozoic Santa Marta Batholith
(Doolan, 1970; MacDonald et al., 1971; Tschanz et al., 1974). The CesarRanchería basin is exposed on the southeastern flank of the Santa Marta
Massif and represents a sedimentary record that evolved from Cretaceous
passive margin to Maastrichian-Paleogene orogenic deposits that are
linked to an accretionary and subduction related event of the Caribbean
Figure 1. Geologic sketch map of the Ciénaga Marbles (modified after Hernández and Maldonado, 1999), showing its distribution in the study area. The open star indicates
the location of the Ti-clinohumite marble. SMGP, Santa Marta Geotectonic Province; SGP, Sevilla Geotectonic Province; SNGP, Sierra Nevada Geotectonic Province.
Ti-clinohumite in the Ciénaga skarn-type mineralogy, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Massif (Colombia): Occurrence and petrologic significance.
plate (Bayona et al., 2007). The geological unit of interest in this study
corresponds to the Ciénaga Marbles, initially reported by Tschanz et al.
(1969) to describe marbles and limestones outcropping in two small bodies
located eastward of the Ciénaga town, lying in apparent discordance with
the lower unit of the Gaira Schists and cut by the Santa Marta Batholith.
Interbedded marble layers in schists have also been reported by Tschanz et
al. (1970). Hernández (2003) assigned a geological age of 50.7 ± 2.1 Ma
to the Ciénaga Marbles on the basis of their stratigraphic position within
the Gaira Schists. The Ciénaga Marbles include carbonates and siliceous
carbonates affected by regional metamorphism. In the Ciénaga Marbles,
the typical skarn mineral association has been recognized by Castellanos et
al. (2013) and they will be the goal of the present contribution.
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marble occurs as reddish-brown tiny bands interbedded in white marble
parallel to the regional schistosity (Figures 2d-f). It is a white to reddishbrown coarse-grained rock composed of calcite, dolomite, Ti-clinohumite,
forsterite, diopside, accessory clinochlore, muscovite, fluorapatite and
shining flakes of graphite. Serpentine is the main alteration product. Ticlinohumite-bearing folded bands were also observed (Figures 2d and
2e). These marbles have been locally replaced by abundant skarn mineral
association near the contact with orthoamphibolites, which are crosscut
by pegmatitic veins. Contacts between marbles and orthoamphibolites are
subparallel to the main mesoscopic foliation, although the development of
the skarn mineral association is not always clearly related to these contacts.
Field sampling and analytical methods
Ti-clinohumite-bearing marble was collected from a marble quarry of
the Ciénaga skarn. The preparation of polished sections and thin sections
for microscopic analysis performed according to the standard method in the
Sample Preparation Laboratory of the Geology Program at the Universidad
de Pamplona (Colombia), and the mineralogical and petrographic analysis of
samples performed at the Laboratory of Microscopy of the Research Group
in Basic and Applied Geology of the School of Geology at the Universidad
Industrial de Santander (Colombia), using a trinocular NIKON (Labophot2POL) transmitted light microscope to establish the modal percentage of
mineral constituents and mineral assemblages, with emphasis on textural
relationships between mineral phases. Additional analysis was developed
at the laboratory of microscopy of the, using a trinocular OLYMPUS (BX51) transmitted light microscope in order to take microphotographs using a
NIS-Elements Br Microscope Imaging Software of the Geology Program at
the Universidad de Pamplona (Colombia). Mineral abbreviations are after
Kretz (1983), Siivola and Schmid (2007) and Whitney and Evans (2010).
Polished thin sections were coated by carbon evaporation technique using
a carbon cord quorum Q150R ES system before SEM analysis. SEMBSE/EDS imaging and analysis were carried out by field emission gun
environmental scanning electron microscopy (FEI Quanta 650 FEG SEM)
of the Laboratory of Microscopy at the Universidad Industrial de Santander,
Guatiguará Technological Park (Colombia) to examine the mineral phases,
textures and cross-cutting relationships in the Ti-clinohumite marble,
under the following analytical conditions: magnification = 150-600x,
WD = 9.4-10.6 mm, HV = 20 kV, signal = Z Cont, detector = BSED. 17
seconds counting for points analyzed with 12.000 counts. Semiquantitative
EDS analysis (standardless quantitative analysis) which does not require
calibration standards was performed. The typical detection limit for EDS
is 0.1wt%. Quantification was performed with type ZAF matrix correction.
Field occurrence
The field occurrence of marbles in the Ciénaga skarn reveals that they
show a variable morphology (with sharp contacts) and thickness with a transition
into carbonate-silicate rocks, which consecutively pass into calc-silicate and
carbonate-bearing silicate rocks. When carbonate tends to disappear, they pass
into granodiorites. The marble horizon in which Ti-clinohumite occurs (Figure
2) forms part of the Ciénaga Marbles geological unit. Marbles are white and
sometimes pale green, gray or yellow in color, and medium- to coarse-grained,
and their thickness ranges from 7.5 to 10 cm up to 1.5 m in thickness (Figures
2a-c). They show banding foliation and they are characterized by the alternation
of carbonate-rich zones (from 1 to 3.5 mm up to 1 cm in thickness) with
different mineral assemblages, which display sharp contacts and discontinuous
bands of lenticular geometry within the metamorphic sequence. Marbles are
frequently arranged in bands or patches with different colors being some shade
of red, pink, yellow or green, which are caused by the presence of impurities,
such as clay minerals or iron oxides, which were originally present as grains or
layers in their protoliths, and add to their beauty when they are cut and polished.
These marbles contain different proportion of calcite and dolomite and were
intensely replaced by skarn mineral association. Ti-Clinohumite-bearing
Figure 2. Field (a-c) and hand-specimen (d-f) photographs of Ti-clinohumite
marble in the Ciénaga skarn, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Massif.
Petrography
The Ciénaga Marbles are mainly calcite-rich marbles with bands
parallel to the regional trend (N35-45oNE and 20-45oSE) showing
different mineral assemblages. These are composed of calcite bands in a
proportion of more than half of the mode and the variations in the mineral
assemblages are defined by the Mg-rich phases. Castellanos and co-workers
(personal communication) described in detail the characteristic mineral
assemblages from reaction zones recognized in marbles, which include
calcite + graphite ± quartz; calcite + diopside ± tremolite ± epidote-group
minerals ± muscovite; calcite + wollastonite + quartz + garnet + diopside;
calcite + dolomite + Ti-clinohumite + diopside + forsterite + clinochlore ±
graphite; calcite + forsterite + tremolite; dolomite + calcite + clinochlore.
Accessory minerals are fluorapatite, muscovite, rutile and titanite.
The rock of interest in this study corresponds to a Ti-clinohumite
marble, which display a granoblastic texture. It is composed of several
reaction zones (Figure 3), which are described as follows: (1) grey color
reaction zone (2-8.5 mm in thickness) consisting of calcite + dolomite +
graphite; (2) light grey color reaction zone (1-3.5 mm in thickness) consisting
of diopside + calcite ± tremolite; (3) brown reddish color reaction zone (1.520 mm in thickness) consisting of Ti-clinohumite + calcite + clinochlore
± muscovite ± fluorapatite ± graphite; (4) orange color reaction zone (26.5 mm in thickness) consisting of Ti-clinohumite + calcite + dolomite +
clinochlore + rutile ± muscovite; (5) light yellow color reaction zone (2-5.5
mm in thickness) consisting of dolomite + calcite + forsterite (antigorite).
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Figure 3. Left, a photograph of the polished section of the Ti-clinohumite marble, showing different reaction zones. Right, photomicrographs in Plane Polarized
Light (PPL) and Cross Polarized Light (XPL) of the reaction zones. Dol, dolomite; Cal, calcite; Di, diopside; Clc, clinochlore; Ti-Chu, Ti-clinohumite; Tr,
tremolite; Atg, antigorite; Ms, muscovite; Rut, rutile; Gr, graphite.
Ti-clinohumite associated mineral phases
Calcite (80-95%) occurs in two generations. The first one occurs
as medium-grained individuals with heteroblastic to subidioblastic shape
(Figure 4), showing characteristic rhombohedral cleavage and polysynthetic
twinning. It occurs through most of the sample as an intergrowth with
dolomite (15-75%) rhomb sections (Figures 4a-b, 8d-f). Domains with
Ti-clinohumite (Figures 5, 6, 7, 8a-b) and fluorapatite (Figures 7, 8a, g)
are cross-cut by veinlets of very fine- to medium-grained xenoblasts
of calcite. Diopside (5-20%) occurs in the sample as a very fine-grained
granoblastic intergrowth with calcite (Figures 4c-d). It shows a heteroblastic
to subidioblastic contours, high relief and first and second order interference
colors (from red to violet and blue). Clinochlore (5-10%) is colorless to
pale green and can be recognized by its flaky to fibrous character, excellent
one direction cleavage and very low birefringence (Figures 4e-f, 7, 8a-b).
Tremolite (1-5%) occurs as colorless crystals of moderate to high relief and
first to second order interference colors, which are in contact with calcite
(Figures 4c-d). Graphite (1-5%) occurs as scarce tiny flakes (Figure 7).
Forsterite (<1%) is characterized by cracked round grains, which show up
in bright interference colors (Figure 7). It can be replaced by antigorite
(Figure 8h). Fluorapatite (<1%) occurs as small grains (up to 250 µm)
are usually idioblastic and closely associated with Ti-clinohumite
grains and clinochlore (Figures 7, 8a). Rutile (<1%) displays its typical
brown reddish color (Figures 4e-f, 5c-d). Titanite (1%) use to develop a
reaction rim around rutile (Figures 5c-d). Muscovite (<1%) is colorless
and can be recognized by its flaky character and excellent one direction
cleavage (Figure 6). Antigorite (0-10%) appears as a fibrous product
of alteration along irregular fractures of forsterite (Figure 7) and
pseudomorphic replacement after diopside grains (Figures 5e-f) grains.
Ti-clinohumite in the Ciénaga skarn-type mineralogy, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Massif (Colombia): Occurrence and petrologic significance.
Figure 4. Photomicrographs showing the representative textural relationship between minerals in the Ti-clinohumite-bearing marbles in (a), (c), (e) PPL and (b),
(d), (f) XPL. Dol, dolomite; Cal, calcite; Di, diopside; Clc, clinochlore; Ti-Chu, Ti-clinohumite; Tr, tremolite; Rut, rutile; Ttn, titanite.
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Figure 5. Photomicrographs showing the representative textural relationship between minerals in the Ti-clinohumite-bearing marbles in (a), (c), (e) PPL and (b),
(d), (f) XPL. Cal, calcite; Ti-Chu, Ti-clinohumite; Clc, clinochlore; Rut, rutile; Ttn, titanite; Atg, antigorite.
Ti-clinohumite
Alternating calcite-rich with dolomite and dolomite-rich with calcite
bands are observed in the analyzed sample. However, domains rich in Ticlinohumite are mainly related to the calcite-rich with dolomite bands as
shown in Figure 7. The Ti-clinohumite-bearing domains show a granoblastic
polygonal texture (Figures 5a-b, 8c-d, f), with the mineral assemblage: calcite
+ dolomite + Ti-clinohumite + forsterite + diopside + clinochlore + fluorapatite
± rutile ± muscovite ± graphite, where the small grains of Ti-clinohumite can be
preserved within large calcite grains (Figures 7, 8i). Ti-clinohumite (10-55%)
occurs predominantly as xenoblasts (up to 2 mm in diameter) in granoblastic
calcite-rich bands. These xenoblasts usually show patchy pleochroism varying
within individual grains due to compositional variations and irregular zoning
patterns and also can develop twinned grains (Figure 6). Ti-clinohumite grains
can also occur spatially related with clinochlore and muscovite (Figure 6).
Very fine-grained and rounded pseudomorphs of antigorite after diopside
disseminated around calcite are illustrated in Figures 5e-f. Rough intergrowths
of Ti-clinohumite with forsterite are very common (Figures 8f, i). Ti-clinohumite
occasionally contains scarce inclusions of clinochlore and rutile. Titanite rims
around rutile are commonly observed near Ti-clinohumite.
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Figure 6. Photomicrographs display the occurrence of the Ti-clinohumite and associated mineral phases. (a), (c), (e) PPL and (b), (d), (f) XPL. Cal, calcite; Di,
diopside; Chu, Ti-clinohumite; Ms, muscovite; Clc, clinochlore.
An overview high resolution image mosaic of the Ti-clinohumite
bearing marble is presented in Figure 7. An irregular crack cross cut
at high angle the metamorphic foliation of the rock. Note the high-
density fluorapatite (to the right) from the backscatter electron image
contrast. Figure 8 shows several examples of the textural relationships
between Ti-clinohumite and associated mineral phases.
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Figure 7. High resolution backscattered electron image mosaic of the Ti-clinohumite bearing domain in calcite-rich marble. An irregular crack cross cut at
high angle the metamorphic foliation of the rock. Note the high-density fluorapatite (top-right corner of the image). Fo, forsterite;¸Cal, calcite; Dol, dolomite;
Ti-Chu, Ti-clinohumite; Clc, clinochlore; F-Ap, fluorapatite; Gr, graphite; Brt, barite.
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Figure 8. Backscattered electron images of the textural relationships between Ti-clinohumite and associated mineral phases. Cal, calcite; Dol, dolomite; Ti-Chu,
Ti-clinohumite; Fo, forsterite; Atg, antigorite; Clc, clinochlore; F-Ap, fluorapatite; Gr, graphite. (a) Relationship between Ti-clinohumite and clinochlore, calcite and
fluorapatite; observe secondary veins of calcite cross cutting minerals and non-optical continuity of gray color in clinochlore. (b) Numerous secondary veins of calcite
cross cutting Ti-clinohumite, which is associated with calcite and clinochlore. (c) Association dolomite + calcite, which are in contact with Ti-clinohumite; observe
secondary veins of calcite cross cutting minerals and non-optical continuity of gray color in clinochlore. (d) The occurrence of Ti-clinohumite along with dolomite +
calcite. (e) Dolomite predominance with scarce calcite, which occurs as a matrix phases or as secondary veins cross cutting dolomite. (f) Association calcite + dolomite +
Ti-clinohumite + forsterite (replaced by antigorite). (g) Occurrence of fluorapatite along with calcite and clinochlore; numerous veins of calcite cross cut fluorapatite; with
graphite filling microfractures. (h) Association clinochlore, calcite and highly corroded Ti-clinohumite. (i) Replacement of forsterite by antigorite; notice also the presence
of Ti-clinohumite, dolomite, calcite and clinochlore.
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The SEM image in Figure 9 shows the textural relationships between
Ti-clinohumite and its associated mineral phases. The semiquantitative Energy
Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) analyses at different points marked with stars
allowed identifying the particular elements and their relative proportions in the
mineral phases analyzed in the Ti-clinohumite-bearing domains of the calciterich marbles. The EDS analysis revealed that mineral phases in the analyzed
sample correspond to: calcite (1) has 79.95 wt% CaO and 15.65 wt% CO2, with
minor MgO (4.40 wt%); dolomite (2) with 50.10 wt% CaO, 34.59 wt% MgO
and 15.31 wt% CO2. Forsterite (3) is characterized by high contents of MgO
(50.15 wt%) and SiO2 (47.47 wt%), with minor FeO (2.38 wt%). Antigorite
(4) reveals the presence of 62.91 wt% SiO2, 24.72 wt% MgO, and minor
Fe2O3 (2.59 wt%) and CaO (0.93 wt%). Diopside (5) indicates the presence
of CaO (19.48 wt%), MgO (18.91 wt%) and SiO2 (61.61 wt%). Clinochlore
(6) reveals 31.18 wt% MgO, 13.71 wt% Al2O3, 1.07 wt% FeO, 53.69 wt %
SiO2. Fluorapatite (7) shows the presence of CaO (53.87 wt%), P2O5 (42.79
wt%) and F (2.87 wt%). Ti-clinohumite (8) reveals that it consists of MgO
(50.87 wt%) and SiO2 (44.01 wt%), with minor FeO (2.12 wt%). It can be
considered as a Ti-clinohumite taking into account the incorporation of up
to 2.57 wt% of Ti in its mineral structure. EDS spectra are in agreement
with literature data (http://www.sfu.ca/~marshall/sem/mineral.htm).
Figure 9. SEM image and EDS spectra of the analyzed mineral phases (marked with stars on the image) of Ti-clinohumite-bearing domains in magnesium
calcite-rich marbles. The appearance of C element is attributed to the carbon coating on the sample before SEM analysis.
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Figure 10 shows the elemental mapping of Ti-clinohumite and
associated mineral phases, which however will only give a qualitative
illustration of the distribution of elements. Ti and Fe show a similar
pattern of distribution with low concentration of these elements in
the Ti-clinohumite, except by the occurrence of rutile that displays a
high content of Ti. The content of Mn is regularly distributed in the
Ti
500 µm
sample. Note also a similar pattern of distribution for Mg and Si with
a high concentration of these elements in the Ti-clinohumite. However,
the highest contents of Mg reveal the occurrence of Mg-rich chlorite
(clinochlore), which occurs both as inclusions in Ti-clinohumite and
as a matrix phase. The distribution of Al also reveals not only its low
content in Ti-clinohumite but also the high content in clinochlore.
Mg
500 µm
Fe
500 µm
Al
500 µm
Mn
500 µm
Si
500 µm
Figure 10. Compositional maps of Ti-clinohumite and associated mineral phases for Ti, Mg, Fe and Mn (above), and Al and Si (below). Light colors show
areas of high concentration while dark colors represent areas of low concentration (black is very low concentration).
Figure 11 illustrates a binary diagram of MgO/(MgO+FeO+MnO)
vs. TiO2 for the compositions of Ti-clinohumite from several geological
environments. According to Gaspar (1992), this diagram takes into account
the two most effective substitutions in Ti-clinohumite: Mg by Fe (and
Mn) and Mg (FOH)2 by TiO2. Even the analyzed Ti-clinohumite from
the Ciénaga Marbles does not match with any of the compositional fields
defined by Gaspar (1992), it represents not only a Ti-clinohumite almost
pure in Mg but also may be some of the most Mg-rich and TiO2-rich
varieties around the world for skarn environments.
Figure 11. MgO/(MgO+FeO+MnO) vs. TiO2 diagram, showing the compositions of the Ti-clinohumite from several geological environments, including the analyzed
sample in this study indicated in black star (adapted and modified after Gaspar, 1992).
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Discussion on the origin of Ti-clinohumite and its petrologic significance
The Ciénaga Marbles were affected by emplacement of granodioritic
rocks belonging to the Santa Martha Batholith, developing a skarntype mineralogy as suggested by Castellanos and co-workers (personal
communication), which gives rise to thin reaction zones. However, we
suggest that the skarn-type mineralogy hosted in this metamorphic unit
should be related both magmatic and postmagmatic stages of the Santa
Martha Batholith, and is the result of a very complex skarn-type mineralogy
zonation (Castellanos and co-workers, personal communication).
Calcareous rocks (marbles, metacarbonates and calc-silicate rocks)
represent only a relatively small fraction of the crust but their metamorphism is
important because it can reveal significant information about the composition
of the metamorphic fluid phase as well as P-T conditions (Spear, 1993). The
regional fluid flow transporting volatiles including H2O and CO2 is an integral
part of prograde regional metamorphism (Ague, 2003). According to Connolly
and Trommsdorff (1991), isothermal or isobaric phase diagram sections as a
function of the fluid composition are widely used for interpreting the genetic
history of these rocks, although this approach has the following disadvantages:
(1) the influence of key metamorphic variables such as P and T are obscured, and
(2) the diagrams are inappropriate for systems that are not fluid-saturated. These
problems are avoided by constructing phase-diagram projections in which the
volatile composition of the system is projected onto a PT coordinate frame,
i.e., a petrogenetic grid (Connolly and Trommsdorff, 1991). Mineral reactions
in calcareous rocks can be modeled in the system CaO-MgO-SiO2-H2OCO2 (CMS-HC) However, other components (e.g., FeO, Al2O3, Na2O, K2O
and TiO2) are also present, playing a very important role in the stabilization
of additional mineral phases such as micas, epidote-group minerals, garnet,
feldspar, titanite, rutile. A petrogenetic grid for these rocks is most useful for the
study of regional metamorphism and for systems in which fluid composition
has not been externally controlled. Therefore, PT projection for this chemical
system suggests that many assemblages in a mixed-volatile environment
have stability fields that make them useful as P-T indicators (Connolly and
Trommsdorff, 1991). One of the implicit assumptions to construct a T-XCO2
reaction grid in this system is that there is a H2O and CO2 fluid present in all
mineral assemblages, which are considered in “excess”, consequently, only the
remaining three “inert” components (CaO-MgO-SiO2) are considered (Spear,
1993). Figure 12 illustrates a composition triangle for the system CMS-HC
showing the plotting position of mineral phases considered in the Figure 13.
SiO2
Qtz
Wo
Di
Tr
Tlc
En
Fo
Cal
CaO
Dol
MgO
Figure 12. Composition triangle for the chemical system CMS-HC projected
from H2O and CO2 showing the plotting position of mineral phases
(modified after Spear, 1993).
According to Spear (1993), T-XCO2 diagrams can be used to
predict the sequence of metamorphic mineral assemblages and there
are three mechanisms by which the calcareous rocks may evolve: (1)
metamorphism at constant fluid composition, (2) metamorphism driven
by infiltration, and (3) metamorphism in a closed system. The reactions
encountered in progressive metamorphism generate H2O and CO2 that
will tend to change the fluid composition, representing a problem for the
first mechanism to evolve. This is why metamorphism at constant fluid
composition, although easy to understand, is probably not representative
of calcareous rocks of the Ciénaga Marbles. Instead the fluid infiltration
process serves very well to explain driving devolatilization reactions
in the Ciénaga Marbles. The sequence of mineral assemblages in the
first two process is similar with the exception that diopside is not
encountered up to ~ 570 oC (Spear, 1993), which can explain the
occurrence of diopside associated with wollastonite in the Ciénaga
Marbles. We suggest from field and petrologic evidence (occurrence of
Ti-clinohumite and wollastonite, and the mineral assemblages calcite +
quartz + diopside, calcite + diopside + wollastonite and quartz + diopside
+ wollastonite) that infiltration of H2O-rich fluids within these marbles
was probably driven by channeling along fractures and grain boundaries.
Additional evidence includes the fact that Ti-clinohumite is not stable in
pure H2O-CO2 fluids as suggested by Bucher and Frey (1994). On the
other hand, calcareous rocks of the Ciénaga Marbles are surrounded by
the pelitic Gaira Schists, which can drive decarbonization reactions as
suggested by Spear (1993). This can be explained by a chemical reaction
such as CaCO3 (calcite) + SiO2 (quartz) = CaSiO3 (wollastonite) + CO2
(e.g., Bucher and Frey, 1994; Ferry, 2000; Ferry et al., 2001), which can
explain the formation of wollastonite in the Ciénaga Marbles by the
interaction of marble with an H2O-rich fluid as suggested by Bucher and
Frey (1994). The H2O released from the dehydration of pelitic schists
probably infiltrated the calcareous rocks promoting decarbonization,
which can explain the transformation of forsterite to Ti-clinohumite. We
consider that infiltration may have been the dominant mechanism during
contact metamorphism, with H2O-rich fluids from the crystallization
of a granodiorite intrusion penetrating calcareous rocks in the contact
aureole giving rise to a skarn-type mineralogy and the formation of
Ti-clinohumite, discussed in detail below. In the third mechanism, the
fluid generated by devolatilization reactions remains in the rock and is
mixed with the fluid that is already present, producing a fluid of a new
composition (Spear, 1993). In this case, the evolution of the fluid is
controlled by the mineral assemblage and most of the reaction progress
will occur at isobaric invariant points. The process in which the fluid
composition evolved in response to mineral reactions is called buffering.
T-XCO2 diagrams are used to predict the sequence of metamorphic
mineral assemblages that would be observed at constant fluid
composition as shown in Figure 13. According to Winter (2001), there
is a fluid-internal vs. external control. In the internal control (buffering
assemblage), the mineral assemblage controls the composition of the
H2O-CO2 fluid, representing a closed system; the buffer capacity is
present until one of the phases completely consumed. In the external
control, the extensive influx of fluids overrides buffer capacity mineral
assemblages, representing an open system. However, taking into
account that Ti-clinohumite is not stable in CO2-rich fluids, it is better to
consider that mineral assemblages with the presence of Ti-clinohumite
reveal the influence of H2O-rich fluids.
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Figure 13. T-XCO2 diagram for the system CMS-HC, showing boundary curves for carbonate-silicate reactions, according to Bucher and Frey (1994).
A textural intergrowth between calcite and dolomite can be
interpreted as the result of exsolution of dolomite from calcite.
Quartz and calcite, which are commonly found in contact in other
samples from the study area, reveal sign of reaction to produce
wollastonite. Therefore, since quartz and dolomite are considered to
have been in disequilibrium everywhere and wollastonite was found
in some of the samples of the Ciénaga Marbles, the area of interest
in Figure 13 lies between the line defined by reactions 1-3 and the
wollastonite curve (reaction 9) at high temperatures. However, this
area is divided into two sub-areas, separated by the forsterite-forming
reactions 5 and 6. Tremolite formed from talc + calcite (reaction 1) at
XCO2 £ 0.5 or from quartz and dolomite (reaction 2) at XCO2 ³ 0.5.
However, taking into account that tremolite contains Al, Na, and K
in its structure, these elements may have been derived from detrital
plagioclase and muscovite as suggested by Kretz (1980). There is
evidence of the occurrence of forsterite in marbles. Forsterite can
be the result of the presence of silica in the protolith. However, as
quartz is incompatible with forsterite, it could not have been part of
the precursor assemblage. Hence it is more likely that forsterite, in
the presence of calcite, dolomite and diopside, grew by a reaction,
such as: diopside + dolomite → forsterite + calcite + CO2. Diopside
has probably formed from tremolite via reactions 4, 7 or 8, with
Al, Na, K, and Fe derived from tremolite and, alternatively, it can
be formed directly from dolomite by reaction 3, which appears to
be responsible for the occurrence of pyroxene-rich assemblages.
Ti-clinohumite can be preserved within calcite, which isolated Ticlinohumite from ulterior retrogradation and allowed its preservation.
On the other hand, Ti-clinohumite, clinochlore and muscovite are
very often spatially associated, which indicates the supply of Al and
K to the system. Several different metamorphic events on the Ciénaga
Marbles have resulted in a great variety of mineral assemblages,
including calcite + dolomite + Ti-clinohumite + forsterite + diopside
+ clinochlore + fluorapatite ± rutile ± muscovite ± graphite, which
corresponds to the middle amphibolite facies. Locally, retrograde
antigorite after forsterite is common. However, what is the origin of
Ti-clinohumite, metasomatic or metamorphic? Calcite-rich marbles
are usually impermeable to fluids except for fracture-controlled fluid
infiltration (Holness and Graham, 1991). Ti-clinohumite-bearing
assemblages at the Ciénaga marbles are in calcite-rich domains and
hence support the fact that they were affected by fracture-controlled
fluid infiltration. Ti-clinohumite that occurs in the Ciénaga marbles
is associated with calcite, dolomite, forsterite, diopside, clinochlore,
muscovite, rutile and fluorapatite. Antigorite forms pseudomorphs after
forsterite and diopside. Alkali amphibole, which is a common phase in
marbles, has not been found so far in association with Ti-clinohumite
in the study area. Eventually, Ti-clinohumite may be a reaction product
of preexisting forsterite, and, therefore, based on textural evidence and
mineral assemblages, we suggest that Ti-clinohumite can grow by a
reaction such as forsterite + dolomite + TiO2 + H2O → Ti-clinohumite +
calcite + CO2. It is obvious from the compositions of these minerals that
the replacement of forsterite by Ti-clinohumite implies the incorporation
of Ti, F, and OH in the forsterite. Ti-clinohumite is the only phase in
the forsterite-rich layers that can accommodate significant amounts of
Ti and F (Chattopadhyay et al., 2009), consequently, the presence of F
has a strong effect in increasing the stability of Ti-clinohumite (Rice,
1980). Because Ti-clinohumite preferentially accommodates F rather
than OH, the presence of F stabilizes Ti-clinohumite (Stalder and Ulmer,
2001). The origin of Ti-clinohumite with presence of F can be attributed
to a metasomatic process resulting from the external influx of F-bearing
fluids or to internal buffering during metamorphism (Satish-Kumar and
Niim, 1998). According to Moore and Kerriek (1976), metasomatism is
normally the process operating in contact aureoles, where granodioritic
intrusions inject fluids into the impure marbles causing the formation of
Ti-clinohumite with presence of F. However, Rice (1980) stated that it is
possible that all marbles that contain this mineral have not resulted from
metasomatic introduction of F and its concentration can result from high
partitioning of F into hydrous minerals. If the marbles were infiltrated by
aqueous F-bearing fluids from unconnected granitoids, then the oxygen
isotopes should preserve the isotopic signatures (Satish-Kumar and
Niim, 1998). The origin of F in Ti-clinohumite can be also attributed to
the isochemical reactions involving (OH-F) silicates such as amphiboles
(tremolite), which are abundant in the Ciénaga marbles. However, it can be
also associated with the occurrence of fluorapatite. Rice (1980) attributed
to the partitioning of F into hydrous silicates relative to H2O-CO2 fluids,
although this is not probably due to the presence of H2O-rich fluids that
have strongly controlled the formation of Ti-clinohumite. However, we
consider that evidence of products of retrograde hydration metamorphism
can be found in all these rock types, which is revealed by the occurrence
of antigorite from forsterite and occasionally from diopside and Ticlinohumite from forsterite. However, the chemical reactions described
above can take place in response to an increase in the activity of H2O
relative to that of CO2 and a decrease in temperature.
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What is the role that extra components (e.g., F, Ti Al, Fe) play in
the mineralogy of marbles in the system CaO-FeO-MgO-A12O3-SiO2TiO2-H2O-CO2 (CFMAST-HC)? According to Bucher and Frey (1994),
metamorphic fluids often have a small partial pressure of hydrofluoric acid
(HF), and the replacement of hydroxyl groups by fluorine (F(OH)-1 exchange)
rapidly decrease with increasing XFe. However, additional exchange
components operating in Ti-clinohumite, such as H2MgTi-1 and FeMg-l,
are thus potentially important in determining its stability (Engi and Lindsley,
1980). Ti-clinohumite (low PHF), a mineral of the humite group, formed in
forsterite marbles and may be stabilized by the presence of Ti (probably as a
result of the formation of titanite reaction rims around rutile. The presence of
Al in marbles promoted the formation of several minerals, such as clinochlore,
epidote-group minerals, garnet, muscovite, actinolite and tremolite distributed
in different reaction zones of marbles. However, a detailed study of these
reactions zones is currently under study by Castellanos and co-workers
(personal communication). The formation of Ti-clinohumite suggests that
solutions were reduced in F. This mineral occurs in calc-silicate marbles with
no ultrabasic rocks occurring either as enclaves or as discrete bodies in the
vicinity. However, comparisons between Ti-clinohumite from the Ciénaga
Marbles and that found in JAC carbonatites, xenoliths in kimberlites, RGP
Alpine peridotites and Archean ultramafics may carry out as shown in Figure
11, highlighting that the Ti-clinohumite analyzed in this study represents not
only an almost pure in Mg but also may be considered as the most Mg-rich
and TiO2-rich varieties around the world for skarn environments. Numerous
mineral reactions should take place in the calcareous rocks of the Ciénaga
Marbles during metamorphism. However, there are obstacles that normally
encounter in carrying out an interpretation of mineral assemblages in these
petrochemical type of rocks, such as: (1) complex identification of reaction
textures; (2) primary or secondary nature of dolomite and quartz sometimes
is unclear; (3) a gaseous phase may not be present and molecules of H2O and
CO2 and other relatively volatile constituents may be concentrated in grainboundaries; (4) a mineral is not normally a “pure” substance and therefore one
or more compositional variables must be considered in addition to variation
in the concentration or activity of H2O and CO2. Nonetheless, Figure 14
shows a preliminary model of the metasomatic process that probably affected
the Ciénaga Marbles, which include the following steps: (1) H2O-rich fluid
by the dehydration of surrounding pelitic schists infiltrated by fractures and
discontinuities into carbonate layers; (2) infiltrated H2O-rich fluid decreased
decarbonization temperatures, promoting decarbonization reactions in
carbonate layers; (3) H2O-rich fluid carried several chemical elements.
Conclusions
Calcite-dolomite marbles from the Ciénaga Marbles, Sierra Nevada
de Santa Marta Massif (Colombia) contain Ti-clinohumite, which has been
recognized and reported in this study. The mineral assemblage including the
presence of Ti-clinohumite within marble layers may be attributed to prograde
reactions from impure dolomitic limestones. The skarn-type mineralogy of
these marbles can be modeled in the system CMAST-HC. The formation of
wollastonite by the interaction of marble is a very important key to consider
the influence of H2O-rich fluids. The H2O released from the dehydration
of pelitic schists probably infiltrated the calcareous rocks promoting
decarbonization, which can explain the transformation of forsterite to Ticlinohumite. Infiltration may have been the dominant mechanism during
contact metamorphism, with H2O-rich fluids derived from the crystallization
of a granodiorite intrusion penetrating calcareous rocks in the contact aureole
giving rise to a skarn-type mineralogy and the formation of Ti-clinohumite.
The extra components (e.g., F, Ti, Al, Fe) play a role in the mineralogy of
marbles in the system CFMAST-HC. Several exchange components (F(OH)1, H2MgTi-1 and FeMg-l) operate in Ti-clinohumite. It may be stabilized by
the presence of Ti (probably as a result of the formation of titanite reaction
rims around rutile. The replacement of forsterite by Ti-clinohumite implies
the incorporation of Ti, F, and OH in the forsterite. Because Ti-clinohumite
preferentially accommodates F rather than OH, the presence of F stabilizes Ticlinohumite but it is necessary a very few amount of this element in the fluid
or in the chemical system. The origin of Ti-clinohumite with the presence
of F can be attributed to a metasomatic process resulting from the external
influx of F-bearing fluids or to internal buffering during metamorphism.
The origin of F in Ti-clinohumite can be also attributed to the isochemical
reactions involving (OH-F) silicates such as amphiboles (tremolite). Field
and petrologic evidence (occurrence of Ti-clinohumite and wollastonite,
and mineral assemblages calcite + quartz + diopside, calcite + diopside +
wollastonite and quartz + diopside + wollastonite) reveals that Ti-clinohumite
can be developed due to infiltration of H2O-rich fluids within forsterite-rich
layers in marbles probably driven by channeling along fractures and grain
boundaries.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to L. Mantilla for guiding a fieldwork in the study area
where the Ti-clinohumite-bearing marble was collected. Discussions with
him aided our understanding of the Ciénaga skarn geology. Authors also
thank geologist H. Cotes for providing us support to visit marble quarries.
We thank laboratory facilities and their technical personnel of the School
of Geology (Universidad Industrial de Santander) and Geology Program
(Universidad de Pamplona). Thanks to the Laboratory of Microscopy of the
Guatiguará Technological Park and its professional staff for assistance with
SEM data acquisition. The manuscript was greatly improved based on the
critical and helpful reviews and comments by anonymous reviewers. We are
most grateful to the people and institutions mentioned earlier for support.
Figure 14. Schematic illustration showing the Ciénaga Marbles metasomatism (adapted and modified after Ogasawara, 2014).
Ti-clinohumite in the Ciénaga skarn-type mineralogy, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Massif (Colombia): Occurrence and petrologic significance.
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